Devotion to Saint Anne, honored as the holy mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus, was popular among early Christians. ABOVE: Charles-Antoine Coypel, “The Education of the Virgin Mary,” c. 1736.

The sunlight glistened across St. Ann’s Monastery as people gathered to pray, light candles, and sing the gospel. St. Ann’s Monastery Basilica Parish is celebrating their 101st Anniversary of St.

Every year on the feast of the Virgin Mary’s mother, thousands of faithful flock toward the shrine of Saint-Anne d’Auray, the third major shrine in France, after Lourdes and Lisieux. Each July 26, ...

Lent is a 40-day period during which Christians traditionally give up something until Easter. For many Wisconsinites, that means no meat on Fridays — replaced instead with fish.